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registry

[rej-uh-stree] / ˈrɛdʒ ə stri /








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By 2025, Orleans Parish, where Brooks was convicted, had the highest rate of exonerations among U.S. counties with more than 300,000 residents, according to the registry.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

The registry still shows the bank’s 49% stake but hides the majority owner.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

The lawyer says it is imperative to reactivate civil registry offices in accessible areas and intensify legal efforts to ensure children obtain their right to identity and legal recognition.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

La Guaira's Governor Jose Alejandro Teran, however, last week said 1,338 people were missing, basing the count on a residential registry.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

In 1943, members of the Dutch Resistance bombed the Amsterdam civil registry office in an attempt to destroy records, to prevent the Nazis from identifying Jews and others marked for persecution, arrest or forced labour.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez has said images from drones, registries and family accounts showed an estimated 30,000 people were in La Guaira.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

The data came from the Geneva registry and the National Agency for Cancer Registration, which compiles information from cantonal cancer registries across Switzerland.

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

Two of my siblings are getting married this year, which means I’ve been thinking more than usual about wedding registries — that peculiar exercise in imagining a future life.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2026

Nasdaq’s design involves issuers sponsoring tokens, integrating blockchain records into official share registries, preserving legal equivalence.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

Their names are sent to registries, but mostly the photographs wave in the wind, unclaimed.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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